Practitioner setup advice · Limited published evidence
Configure a long-running AI teammate
Ken Reiners describes a Perplexity teammate setup: define one job, connect only needed apps, scope GitHub repositories, set which Slack messages can be sent without asking, then try one job for a week and read each approval request.
Source creator: @Ken_LinkWell · Read the original X post
Original post read on November 14, 2026. The post reports setup advice and product capabilities; it does not name a business task, show an executed run or report an independently checked result.
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The setup sequence Ken recommends
The order follows the numbered setup advice and closing instruction in the post.
Person
Define the job
Write the teammate’s job in one line.
Person
Connect required apps
Connect only the apps needed for that job.
Person
Scope repository access
Choose which GitHub repositories the teammate can see.
Person
Set message permissions
State which Slack messages may be sent without asking.
Person
Try one job for a week
Read each approval request during the trial.
Proposed enterprise practice
Test one bounded task with explicit checks
Designed, not executed. This is a proposed pattern for a team to adapt with its task, security and system owners.
Task owner
Name one bounded task
Agree the expected output and an independent reference for checking it.
Administrator
Configure limited access
Allow only the approved apps, repositories and communication actions in a sandbox.
Agent
Work on approved records
Prepare a reviewable result and pause at actions outside its permission boundary.
Independent reviewer
Check access and output
Compare observed access and result with the approved scope and reference.
Task owner
Accept or hold the trial
Review the evidence for this task and decide whether the bounded trial met its criteria.
Failure or rejection: hold the result.
Repair the task or configuration, rerun the independent access and output checks, then return the evidence to the task owner. Stop or revoke access if the boundary cannot be confirmed.